(10 Apr 2025)
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Zagreb, Croatia – 10 April 2025
1. Wide of armoured vehicles on display in front of Zagreb Arena exhibition centre
2. Close of armoured vehicle on display
3. Various of French-made Rafale fighter jet scale model on display
4. Close of handguns on display at exhibition booth
5. Various of visitors looking at firearms on display
6. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Kresimir Sentigar, sales manager at HS Produkt:
“Yeah, unfortunately, tariffs are what everyone is talking about right now, which makes sense, because they are a threat to all of us producers from Europe who export to the US, whose businesses depend on US exports. The tariffs earlier announced, of 20%, although not confirmed yet, would represent a huge threat for us, because it reduces the competitiveness of our products on the American market. So we hope that this wouldn’t happen, or that the tariff rate would be lower.”
7. Mannequin displaying helmet, goggles, and bulletproof vest
8. Close of advanced helmet at booth
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Edwin Busch, CEO of Busch Protective:
"It is tough at this point in time, it is tough for the entire industry I think, and also other industries. We do have assembly operations in the United States, so we hope that with that we can also reduce the tariff burden on us as a company, because we definitely have people working in the United States, in our facilities, assembling our products. So, that should be a plus."
10. Scale models of navy ships on display
11. Various of visitor trying out an anti-tank missile simulator
12. Close of Turkish-made model of drone on display, reading “Bayraktar”
13. Wide of booth with unmanned armoured vehicle for de-mining (screen playing footage in background)
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Davor Petek, programme manager at Dok-Ing:
“The EU has been increasing investments in the past couple of years. Now with the latest announcements of a new programme we expect another boost. We see much more communication coming from the governments directly to the defense industry, in assuring that the defense industry not only has the capabilities and capacities to produce, but also to follow the national requirements and what the priorities are in defence.”
15. Various of engineering vehicles on display in exhibition area
16. Croatian and Ukrainian flags on vehicle
17. Armoured vehicles on display
18. Various of visitors looking at vehicles
19. Boy being helped inside vehicle
20. Rocket launcher system HIMARS on display, with American soldiers standing in front
21. American soldiers standing around artillery piece
22. Wide of exhibition area in front of Zagreb Arena
STORYLINE:
Defence manufacturers gathered at an international exhibition in Zagreb on Thursday said that although they’re concerned about U.S. tariff threats, they’re still optimistic about trade amid Europe’s growing demand for weaponry and military equipment.
The Adriatic Sea Defense and Aerospace (ASDA) exhibition, held in Zagreb this week, gathered dozens of companies from the defence sector from across Europe and the world.
“Unfortunately, tariffs are what everyone is talking about right now," Kresimir Sentigar, sales manager at the Croatian arms producer HS Produkt told Associated Press.
"They are a threat to all of us producers from Europe who export to the US, whose businesses depend on US exports," said Sentigar.
"The tariffs earlier announced, of 20%, although not confirmed yet, would represent a huge threat for us, because it reduces the competitiveness of our products on the American market,” he added.
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